Handle for bags, satchels, &amp;c.



No. 712,206. Patented not. 28, |902.` f w. Roaman. v

HANDLE FDR BAGS, SATCHELS, &c.

'Application filed Dec. Q, 1901.1

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VVILLlAM'ROEMElL-OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HANDLE FOR BAGSLSATCHELS, 8:.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,206, dated October 25S, 1902.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,162. f (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LWILLIAM ROEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, ha'veinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Bags, Satchels, &;c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beingrhadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

This invention relates to handles for travcling-bags, vsatchels, dress-suit cases, tc. and the means for attaching said handles.

The objects of the invention are to secure a more firm and rigid attachment of the handle to the bag-frame without preventing it being folded flatwise upon the bagin the usual manner, to thus enable the bag or Satchel to be more easily and conveniently carried, to secure such a construction that the friction-al wear will come upon concealed portions of the device, to thus secure neatness and durability, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be Yreferred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consistsin the improved handle for bags, satchels, (itc. and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several iigures, Figure l is a side elevation of a'handle of my improved construction, one of the end clips therefor being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan of the end portion of the handle as attached toa bag-frame. Fig. 3 is a similar plan showing a modified.V form of clip or attachment; and Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of the same as on line Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my invention as embodied in a two-piece handle. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same; and Fig. 7 a central section as on line y, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of an end portion of my improved handle, and Fig. 9 shows in perspective a certain sleeve or end piece.

In said drawings, c. indicates a bag-handle, which is preferably formed of the usual upper and lower pieces b' b2, which may be covered and held together by a single piece of leather c, as in Fig. l, or independently covered, as in Fig. 5, in which case they are held together by means hereinafter to be described.

The two pieces b' b2. of the bag-handle are pressed or stamped out of sheet metal in any manner common tothe art, and the lower piece has its ends bent outwardly apart to form horizontal extensions d, each of which 'is provided at the edges with wings b and is pressed or rolled up into a cylindrical form, the edges of said wings being thereby brought together. Tubular ends are thus provided on the handle, which can be seated in caps or clips attached to the bag-frame, and thus hold the handle without any looseness with respect to the bag and at the same time permit a free pivotal swinging on the axial line of said ends. It is inthe lower piece or section b2 of the handlethat my invention particularly inheres, and this section comprises in side View a middle portion m to be grasped by the hand portions n, bent downward from the ends of said middle part fm, and extremities d, turned outward from the lower ends of the portions n parallel to the middle part m. yThe section thus formed, it will be understood, is of one integral piece of sheet metal, which sheet metal is pressed longitudinally of the section into a U shape in crosssection, the concavity being-uppermost and the under rounded surface presenting a [smoothgrasp to the hand. The sides of the U-shaped channel or groove are therefore upright, and thus best calculated to withstand the strain of the load upon the handle. At the Vextremities d the integral wings bextend the margin of the section, so that said margins can be bent inward ,to form the cylindrical bearing described. Obviously the said lower section or piece b2 forms the Aessential part of the handle, the upper section b being added mainly for finish and to secure greater apparent substantiability. In its simplest form the cap e, forming a seat for said ends of the bag-handle, is riveted to the bag-frame k by ears e at its sides.

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In some cases it may be desired to employ a cap f, having integral feet or rivets f', adapted to be passed through slits or apertures in the bag-frame and be clenched over, and since a clip of this sort cannot be readily riveted to the bag-frame with an end d of my improved handle therein it is necessary to employ an additional base-plate g. The said plate gis long enough to extend past the bend Z of the handle, and thus can be riveted to the bag-frame, while the cap proper, f, can be applied to the base-plate before the handle is inserted.

Other methods of fastening the caps or clips to the bag-frame may be employed; but in any case where an end or extension d of a handle lies directly in a clip said clip and handle end are so formed in relation to each other that they engage only at the inner portion of the clip, as particularly shown in Figs. l and 4. The extremity of the handle extension iiuds a bearing at a contracted point of the closed end of the clip, while the edges of said clip at its open end terminate short of the body of the handle and lie outward or away from the surface of the handle end. Frictional wearing, and the consequent unsightly appearance of the handle where it enters the clip, is thus Wholly obviated.

When the two pieces of a handle are independently covered and separate, as shown in Fig. 5, I slip over each tubular extension d of the handle a sleeve or end piece t', having a curved arm t", adapted to extend upward at the side of the handle and being pierced or apertured near its extremity. The two sections of the handle are similarly perforated, the perforation of the upper handlepiece being preferably extended into a slot to facilitate adjustment, and a rivet j can then be passed through the two4 pieces of the handle and arm t" of the sleeve, whereby the said several parts are firmly united. Each handle end then lies in its cap or clip incased in said metal sleeve t, which bears directly against the clip. An annular rib t2 at the outer end of the said sleeve may serve as a stop at the mouth of the clip and give greater finish.

Having thus described lthe invention, what I claim as new isl. In a handle for bags, the lower piece consisting essentially of a single integral piece of sheet metal, which is U-shaped in cross-section, the convexity being on the under side with opposite longitudinal edges lying at the opposite sides of the handle where the pressure of the hand will not in carrying the bag be brought to bear thereon, the groove extending from end to end of the upper side of the said piece and its edges at the ends of the handle being curved upwardly and toward one another to form cylindrical extremities, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bag-handle, a sheet-metal piece or section having a middle grasping portion to receive the hand and being bent downward at the ends of said middle portion and having its extremities bent outward substantially parallel to said middle grasping portion, the body portion of said sheet-metal piece being U-shaped in cross-section with its convexity downward to receive the hand and its sides upright in the plane of the handle to take the strain, and the said extremities having eX- tensions at their lateral edges and being curled upwardly inward at their margins into cylindrical form.

3. In a bag, Satchel or the like, The combination with a bag-handle providing at its end a cylindrical extension, of an arched cap open at one end to receive said extension of the handle and closed at the other end, said cap being in engagement with the handle extension at its closed end and having the edges of its walls at the open end lying away from said extension.

4. In a bag, satchel or the like, the combination of a bag-handle having at its end a cylindrical extension d, an arched cap closed at one end and open at the other and adapted at its closed end to engage the edge of the extremity'of said handle extension and having its walls adjacent to its open end lying away therefrom,and a base-plate g,of greater length than the said handle extension and to which the said cap is secured.

5. The combination in a bag-handle, of upper and lower pieces formed out of sheet metal and having registering perforations near their ends, the lower piece or section being bent at its ends outwardly beneath the ends of the upper section and each of said ends having lateral wings and being rolled or curled to bring the edges of said wings together and form a complete cylinder, sleeves slipped over said cylindrical ends and each having an arm t", at its inner end extending along the side of the handle and being perforated in line with the perforations therein, and a rivet passed through said perforation and holding the said handle-sections and sleeve together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto 'set my hand this 6th day of December, 1901.

WILLIAM ROEMER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES 1I. PELL, C. B. PITNEY.

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